Stone Bridge Energy Partners Finance for Ethylene-to-Butene-1 Plant
Scott-Macon's Chemical Group advises SBE on joint development venture with Evonik Industries.
February 2017
SBE Chemical Partners I LLC (SBE) announced the completion of all capital commitments to proceed with the development of and on-purpose Ethylene-to-Butene-1 processing facility called “Raven”. Scott-Macon’s Chemicals Group acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Stone Bridge Energy Partners in this transaction.
This joint venture between Evonik Industries and Stone Bridge Energy Partners will be located in Baytown, Texas, with the plant costing nearly $200 million and providing 100,000 metric tons per year of capacity starting in 2018.
About SBE and Evonik
Evonik is one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals with a focus on busiensses, customer-oriented innovative prowess, and a trustful and performance-oriented corporate culture. Evonik benefits specifically from its customer proximity and leading market positions, and is active in over 100 countries around the world with more than 35,000 employees.
Stone Bridge Energy Partners is a leading developer of diversified energy and chemicals projects. In partnership with leading strategic and financial investors, they pursue fundamental opportunities in the North American energy complex. Stone Bridge manages commodity-to-commodity risk contractually arranging project structures at lowest market risk with optimum financial returns. The company’s tolling strategy has been tried and tested over many years from gas storage, to pipelines, to LNG, to power and petrochemicals.
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